Fireworks
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The people have spoken: calls to fight on after MPs’ firework debate
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‘Traditions need to change’: pony killed by car after trying to escape fireworks
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Firework incidents involving horses up as charities call for law change
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Licences for buying fireworks could be on the cards for Scotland
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Charities unite to urge Government to act on welfare — but concerns about Hunting Act point *H&H Plus*
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New safety app allows riders to report incidents ‘quickly and easily’
Riders can report any problems with a road or off-road user, slippery road surfaces, dogs, low-flying aircraft, nuisance drones or fireworks, in less than three minutes
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Revellers urged to ditch New Year's Eve fireworks as survey reveals extent of equine suffering
“We are pleading with people to think about their own actions this New Year’s Eve”
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This has to stop: rallying call to owners over fireworks menace *H&H Plus*
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Welfare charity’s survey aims to assess impact of fireworks on horses
“Horses have a natural and innate flight response; and we know some fare badly when local fireworks are set off and we are hoping to understand the national picture in greater detail”
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Police hunt person who threw lit fireworks from car at horses and walkers
“It is only by chance that nobody has suffered serious injuries in these incidents”
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Fireworks thrown from car at rider and carriage-drivers in shocking incidents
“It wasn’t just us, they endangered everyone who was on the road.
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Owner of horse who broke spine joins mounting calls for tougher firework laws
More pressure is being put on the Government to introduce tighter controls over the sale and use of fireworks after the RSPCA was received 82 animal-related calls in two weeks
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Devastation as zebra foal dies after local fireworks displays
“She was so full of energy and life and she was a very healthy young zebra”
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Horse to lose eye after fireworks incident
More than £13,400 has been raised by well-wishers towards the gelding’s vet fees, of which the remainder will be split between the SSPCA and World Horse Welfare
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More action needed, say MPs, as Government stands firm on firework law *H&H Plus*
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Fireworks cause second mare to abort foal: owner vows to campign for change
She was standing on her own, mourning her foal”
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Hopes and fears as fireworks night approaches *H&H Plus*
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Fireworks: vets urge owners to act over fears of more unregulated displays
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‘Imagine how powerful that would be’: riders urged to unite and help new fireworks petition reach parliament
The new petition, started on 21 July, received 10,000 signatures in two days. The government must now provide a response.
